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Air Wall

Character

Air Wall shapes compressed air into circular shields, and Nine used it in Heroes: Rising to blunt everything the students threw at him. Its durability rises and falls with his health, and it only ever exists where he points, which is precisely how it was beaten.

Quirk Type: Emitter
Anime Debut: My Hero Academia: Heroes: Rising
Name Status: Unnamed Quirk (conjectural title)
Quirk Range: Short Range
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Overview

Air Wall is a conjectural label, since the ability goes unnamed in the film itself. It is an Emitter power of short range belonging to Nine, who stole it from a Hero whose identity is never given, and it appears in My Hero Academia: Heroes: Rising.

Defense comes first with this one. Compressed air is shaped into shields and held between the wielder and whatever is coming at him.

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Mechanics

Circular barriers form off the hands. They hold up under serious force, Izuku's Delaware Smash Air Force included, and can be stacked one behind another when more stopping power is called for. The user can also close them into a dome, covering every approach at once rather than a single line. A drug that empowered his Quirk let Nine put up one large rectangular barrier instead.

Offense comes out of the same material. A shield can be shoved forward to hurl people away, and the wielder can fire bursts of pressurized air strong enough to knock a target down and leave them stunned.

Two limits apply. The walls are tough but never indestructible, and their strength tracks how focused and healthy Nine is: at full power they hold, while his deteriorating condition left them shattering on the first impact. They also form only where he raises his hand, so a nimble enough opponent can work around that arc and hit the parts of him nothing is guarding.

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Notable Users

Nine is the only wielder shown, and the ability sits among the several powers he assembled over the course of the film. The Hero he took it from is never identified.

Air Cannon, held by All For One and Tomura Shigaraki, runs on the same principle of weaponized compressed air, and the anime's later renderings of that Quirk came to look much like this one.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How strong is the Air Wall Quirk in MHA?

Air Wall's circular barriers hold up under serious force, including Izuku Midoriya's Delaware Smash Air Force, and can be stacked for extra protection. Their strength is not fixed, though; it tracks the health and focus of the user, Nine, and the walls shattered easily once his condition deteriorated.

Who uses the Air Wall Quirk?

Nine is the only known user of Air Wall in My Hero Academia. He stole the Quirk from an unidentified Hero and used it during the events of My Hero Academia: Heroes: Rising.

How does the Air Wall Quirk work?

Air Wall lets Nine form circular barriers of compressed air off his hands to block incoming attacks, and he can close them into a dome for all-around defense. The same compressed air can also be pushed outward to knock enemies back or fired as bursts of pressure strong enough to stun a target.

What is the weakness of the Air Wall Quirk?

Air Wall's barriers only form where Nine raises his hand, so a nimble opponent can maneuver around that arc to strike the parts of him left unguarded.

Is Air Wall similar to any other Quirk?

Air Wall works on the same principle as Air Cannon, the compressed-air Quirk held by All For One and Tomura Shigaraki, and the anime's later depictions of Air Cannon came to resemble it closely.

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